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GLIDE Record
(2551 of 6487)
Event:
EP Epidemic
Number:
2013-000163
Country:
SYR Syrian Arab Rep
Location:
Date (YMD):
2013-11-7
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Information Source:
WHO/UNICEF/Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Comments:
On 28 Oct 2013, the Minister of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic announced that, after a 15-year absence, polio had returned to the Middle East. Thirteen cases were confirmed from Syria's Deir Al Zour province. The occurrence of an outbreak reflects declining immunization rates due to the severe interruption of public health services and to the conditions in which the people are living.
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